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Dolly Light, Target, or Both 751
Dolly Light, Ta rget, or B oth
Activate a Light viewport. > Viewport navigation controls
> Dolly Light
Dolly Lig ht, on the Dolly Light flyout (see below)
moves the light or its t a rget or both along the
light’s main axis, toward or away from what the
light is pointing at. A f ree light moves along its
depthaxisinthedirectionitslensispointing.On
a target light, the target distance remains fixed, no
matter how far you dolly.
Dollying a light
When you dolly a light, the light source moves
closer to and away from its target. Because
spotlights have conical beams, dollying a spotlight
closer to its target shrinks the area illuminated at
the target. Similarly, dollying a spotlight away f rom
its target expands the area illuminated at the target.
The three buttons of the Dol ly Light flyout are
available when a target light viewport is act ive.
When a free light viewport is active, the button
appears as a flyout, but only Dolly Light is available
for this t ype of light. If you act ivate a target light
viewport, the three buttons are again available.
The buttons on this flyout replace the Zoom button
whenaLightviewportisactive.
See also
Dolly Camera, Target, or Both (page 3–746)
Procedure
To dolly a light:
1.
Activate a Light viewport.
2. Click D ol ly Light.
The button highlights when it is on.
3. Drag to move the light.
• Drag up to move the light forward along its
line of sight.
• Drag down to move the light backward
along its line of sight.
4. Press Es c or right-click to turn off the button.
Interfa ce
The Dolly Light flyout consists of the
following buttons:
Dolly Light—Moves only the light to and from
its t arget. If you go past the target, the lig ht flips
180 degrees and moves away from its target.
Dolly Tar get—Moves only the target to and
fromthelight.Youseenovisualchangeinthelight
view por t, unless you dolly the target to where it
passes through the light to the other side, at which
point the light view is reversed. However, changing
the rela tive position of the target to the light affects
other adjustments, such as Orbit Light, which uses
the target as its rotational pivot.
This option is available only if the viewport’s light
is a target light.